Ivans

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1287. From Russian Ива́н (Iván), Czech Ivan and other Slavic languages; cognate with John.

Proper noun

Ivans m

1. a male given name from the Slavic languages, equivalent to Russian Ива́н (Iván) or Czech Ivan
2. a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ива́н (Iván)
3. a respelling of the Czech male given name Ivan

Related terms

• Jānis

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Ivans was the only given name of 8256 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Swedish

Proper noun

Ivans

1. genitive of Ivan

Anagrams

• visan